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Re:Scientists 'Inject' Information into Monkeys’ Brains by icebraining on Friday December 08, 2017 @04:32AM (#15877645)
This (what GP and this story is about) is voluntary.

How can a monkey give consent?

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Re:Scientists 'Inject' Information into Monkeys’ Brains by ben_w on Friday December 08, 2017 @06:15AM (#15878009)
I don’t believe a monkey can.

I also don’t believe a human can, because we look at that nice doctor who is offering sincere advice and think “they have my best interests at heart”. We certainly don’t make rational judgments of probability, because if we as a species could do that, lotteries would not exist.

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